Mr. Detention

Mr. Detention is always on my case

Ring Ring
Mr. Detention is on the phone
telling on me

Slap Slap
My mother is not happy

Snif Snif
 Mr. Detention must not have a life
because he's always taking up my time

Boom Boom
My father is yelling
His voice is loud
at my bedroom door

Tisk Tisk
My parents are disappointed

Mr. Detention is ruining my life.

A poem, written in class and shared with students, late 2011